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No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
32846
Old ROH no.
1279
Service No.
76442722BG
Last Name
Schwartz 9
First Name
Gabriel Johannes
Initials
G J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 382
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
16 September 1982 111
Cause code
MVA 2,646
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Otjiwarongo
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
School of Infantry 3
Later renamed Infantry School
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Infantry School 1
Formerly School of Infantry
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Home Unit
Infantry School
Attached To
61 Mechanised Battalion Group
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Infantry Corps; Unit leftover "4 South African Infantry Battalion" → Infantry School (SAWGP Unit).
13 Sep 2026: Unit "Infantry School" moved to Regiment for 13 other people sharing this value, per John's decision. Left unmoved here since Regiment already holds a different existing value, "School of Infantry" (a separate, well-used OrgEntity, 55 other references) -- not resolved whether these name the same institution.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Sep 2026: 76442722BG Rifleman Gabriel Johannes Schwartz, Infantry School, killed in a military vehicle accident at Otjiwarongo, age 21. Exact match.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Graham Du Toit on 16 September 2014 · via source
16 Sep 1982: 76442722BG Rifleman Gabriel Johannes Schwartz from Infantry School was killed in a military vehicle accident at Otjiwarongo. He was 21.
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